Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Optimism Quotes

My life is my argument.

My life is my argument.

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer...

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do...

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do...

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it...

Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the...

In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the...

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

A change in attitude can change your life!

A change in attitude can change your life!

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...